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A thought: I think Harry Harrison made ONE critical structural mistake with The Stainless Steel Rat, and he made it early in the first book: Jim should have stayed a crook. Having him drafted into the
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@cstross@wandering.shop Maybe he could have stayed in character by resolving to corrupt the FBI from within?
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@jef@mastodon.social His boss/handler in the galactic FBI was basically his predecessor as Best Criminal Mastermind Ever. (A better take would be that the galactic FBI was itself a criminal organizati
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Jan 04, 2026